I LOVE RIGHTEOUSNESS
Part 6
"The Lord loves the righteous" (Psalm 14:5).
See also Proverbs 15:9
Because God is righteous, He loves the righteous. His favor is upon them
and He watches over them to uphold them. (Psalm 37:17 and
1 Peter 3:12).
Righteousness is associated Authority
God gives His authority to the righteous. Proverbs 14:19 says, "The evil
bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous." The
righteous woman guards over what goes on inside her home. She
watches in prayer. She constantly checks her home for all inroads of the
enemy. She knows that she will lose her authority if she lets the devil
have even one little inch in her home.
When our homes are filled with righteousness, we can walk in the
authority God gives us in His name. When the enemy comes to the gates
of our home, he skids to a stop! There is no foothold for him to enter. Do
you remember the story in Acts 19:14-16 where certain men tried to cast
out evil spirits like Paul, but instead they were overcome by the enemy
and had to flee for their lives? We cannot have authority over the devil
when there is unrighteousness in our lives; nor can we push back the
enemy from our home if we allow unrighteousness to harbor in our home.
Righteousness is associated with Covering
Our righteousness is imputed to us by Christ. When we come to Christ
for the cleansing and forgiveness of our sins, He covers us with His robe
of righteousness. Without this robe, we will not be ready for the Marriage
Supper of the Lamb and for heaven. We must make sure that we, along
with each one of our children, are covered with this robe of righteousness.
Read the following Scriptures:
Job 29:14, "I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my justice was as
a robe and a diadem."
Psalm 132:9, "Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy
saints shout for joy." See also Revelation 19:9
Isaiah 61:10, "He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath
covered me with the robe of righteousness."
Ephesians 4:24; "Put on the new man, which after God is created in
righteousness and true holiness." See also Colossians 3:10, 12-14
Righteousness is also a covering of armor to protect us against the
enemy. Even Christ put on righteousness as a breastplate and He wants
us to put it on too. See Isaiah 59:17; 2 Corinthians 6:7 and Ephesians
6:14.
We don't go about wearing a "religious garb" of our own man-made
righteousness, but we wear Christ's righteousness which is the life of
Jesus Christ living in us.
Righteousness is associated with Confession
Righteousness is not true righteousness if it is hidden. Righteousness
involves confessing with our mouth. We are born again by believing
and confessing that Jesus Christ is Lord and this is how we continue our
walk with the lord.
Romans 10:9-10 says, "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth
unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation."
David confessed in Psalm 35:28, "My tongue shall speak of thy
righteousness and of thy praise all the day long."
Psalm 71:15 says, "My mouth shall show forth thy righteousness and
thy salvation all the day."
Psalm 71:24, "My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day
long."
We cannot say that we are walking in righteousness if we do not confess
Christ and talk of His truths. This is the opposite of keeping quiet
because we are too afraid or ashamed to stand up for Christ and His
truths. Jesus said in Matthew 10:32-33, "Whosoever therefore shall
confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which
is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also
deny before my Father which is in heaven."
Love from NANCY CAMPBELL
PRAYER:
"Oh Father, please help me to be a true watchdog in my home,
cleansing my home from all unrighteousness, so that I can walk in the
authority that you have given me in your holy name. Amen."
AFFIRMATION:
I will not hold back from confessing Christ and His truth.
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